The isolated village of Tohoku is surrounded by high mountains, and has a tradition that only the eldest sons may marry and inherit. The filthy, unshaven younger sons, called yakkos, work ...
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Title: The Men of Tohoku (1957)
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Hiroshi Akutagawa | ... | Risuke |
| Minoru Chiaki | ... | Tasuke | |
| Kamatari Fujiwara | ... | Hisakichi | |
| Jun Hamamura | |||
| Bokuzen Hidari | |||
| Shôichi Hirose | |||
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Hajime Izu | ||
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Takuzô Kumagai | ... | Father of Twins (as Jirô Kumagai) |
| Eiko Miyoshi | ... | Old woman | |
| Chieko Naniwa | ... | Oei | |
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Tadashi Okabe | ||
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Sachio Sakai | ||
| Makoto Satô | |||
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Ikio Sawamura | ||
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Shirô Tsuchiya | ||
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The isolated village of Tohoku is surrounded by high mountains, and has a tradition that only the eldest sons may marry and inherit. The filthy, unshaven younger sons, called yakkos, work the land and never have sex. To redress an ancestor's crime, the widow Oei has to take each yakko for a night. However she refuses to take Risuke, who has particularly vile breath. So Risuke's eldest brother Tasuke tells his wife Asa to take Risuke for a night, while an old blabbermouth suggests another alternative to Risuke. Written by Will Gilbert
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27 August 1957 (Japan) See more »Also Known As:
Ludzie z Tohoku See more »Company Credits
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2.35 : 1
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This is a short film presented recently at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. as part of a retrospective of this master filmmaker. It is a fable set in an isolated village where all but the first born are not allowed any prosperity in life. They can not inherit land and they can not marry and have children. They must only toil in the potato fields. This is a beautifully realized story of fickle gods and even an ornery old woman who will not tell anyone where the "Clever" mushrooms are. The acting is superb, the cinematography outstanding and the script fascinating.